House-number.



J. W. CARLSON.

HOUSE NUMBER.

APPLICATION FILED Pmmo, 191m 1,077,801. Patented NOVA, 1913 iz Z5, Z5

AUNITED STATES rATENT Ormea.

JOHN w. CARLSON, or SALT LAKE err-Y, UTAH.

. Speci-eation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

' r .dislicafmmed February 1o, 1912. seriaiNo. 676,699. v l

, An object of theinvention is to provide a house number that can be clearly distinguished in the day time 'and that can be illuminated at night, l The house bers now generally used to designate the location of a residenceconsist simply in metallic numerals which are secured by screws or other securing members to the front of the house and which,

-metal and consists of a lframe having the 'upper and lower sides thereof bent rear* jwardly to `form grooves 26, 27, adapted to 'receive the flanges 13, 14 so that the slide although 'distinguishable in the daytime from' ai distance, cannot be seen in the night season. Y

In my device Il employ a number wh'ch when attached toa dwelling can be clearly distinguished in the day time and can be illuminated at night, the device being arranged so that if desirable, the numerals can be interchanged.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a part of -this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in al1 the views, and in which p Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. g Fig. 2 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional lview taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view showing the locking member.

Referring more particularly to theviews, I provide a casing 10, preferably formed of sheet metal and tapered toward the rear, the front` and bottom of the casing being open.v The upper and lower sides 11, 12 ofthe casinglO terminate at the front in flanges 13, 14 adapted to form a track, the,

flange 13 being bent to extend upwardly and the flange 14 being bent to extend downwardly. A n end 15 of the casing 10 pojects forwardly beyond the flanges 13 and 14 toform a stop iange 16, the said stop flange being provided with an indentation 1T for a purpose that will be hereinafter more fully disclosed. An asbestos 1 8,

. is secured to the rear side of the casing,

withinV the "same and the mentioned rear side of the casing is provided with a pluable incandescent lamp 24.

rality of opening-gsL 19 adapted to. receive screws therethrou h for securing the casing to the front o a dwelling, the asbestos 1 lining 18 being adapted to prevent the radiation of heat to the material of the house and the said asbestos lining can be provided with a glazed surface, thus acting as a reflector. A11 electric socket 20 is secured to an end 21 of the casing and within the casing wires 22, connected with the usual contact members ofthe socket, extendrear- Ward'ly to passuthrough a'n opening 23 formed in the rear of the' casing` 10, the S'ockt2l) being adapted to receive aJ sultslide 25 is preferablyformed of .sheet -on the casing 10 and the other end of the slide 25 is open to slidably receive transparent panes, preferably formed of glass and' having suitable numerals 30 formed thereon,

grooved spacing members 31 being mounted on the slide 25 and interposed between the panes 29 with the edges of adjacent panes extending into the grooves of the spacingv members, thus spacing the numerals 30, as will be seen by referring to Fig. 1.

In the use' of my'device the casing 10 is secured to the front of the dwelling or other house, thisJ electric wires 22 are connected with thesocket 20 and the incandescent light 24 is then mounted inthe socket in the usual'lnanner, the electric wires being connected in the house-through a suitable electric switch or, the like. The transparent panes 29 are now arranged in the slide 25 as mentioned and the slide is then engaged Vwith the casing so that the anges 13, 14 will be received in the grooves formed kby the from becoming dislocated ,on the slide and retains the panes in rigid position relatively to the slide. To further secure the slide to the casing l0, a bearingBQ is formed integral with the frame of the slide 25, at one end thereof andmounted thereon is a. handled locking lever 88, preferably formed of an integral piece of Wire having an end bent in .a E'5J-shaped forni so that when the locking lever is moved into locked position, the extremity of the 'lj-shaped portion of the lever will abut against the flange 13 of the casing LO, and the handled portion of the lever will depend adjacent the end l5 of the casing, thus locking the slide 25 to the casing l0 and preventing the same from being Withdrawn from the casing 'until the locking lever is moved into unlocking position.

By providing an opening in the bottom of theucasing the light Within the easing, for illuminating the numbers on the panes 29 willalso illuminate the porch or entrance vto the dwelling, the number being usually placed to one side of the entrance to the dwelling and the mentioned opening will also permit the heat produced by the incandescent lamp to pass outwardly therefrom and into the atmosphere.

claim:-

n a house number, the combination with a casing having the front open, of flanges formed at the front ends of the top and bottom sides ,of the casing and constituting a track extending longitudinally of the casing,

a stop ange formed at one end of the casing bearing formed by bending a portion of the slide upon itself, and a handled locking member journaled in the said bearing and adapted for locking the said slide on the said casing.

ln testimony whereof lt aix my signaturek in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. CARLSQN. Witnesses l/VILFORD J. ALLEN, FRED L. Woon. 

